Name
"Sharing Stories, Creating Narratives: Community Music and Creative Practices for Intercultural Communication"
Date & Time
Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Description
The workshop proposes strategies for the exploration and development of intercultural communication processes through community musical creation practices, aligning with Critical Arts-Based Research (ABR) (Barone & Elikot, 2012; Bagley & Castro-Salazar, 2012) and Community Music (De Bruin, Burnard, & Davies, 2018; Cremades-Andreu, 2022; Burnard, 2018, 2013). It’s designed for a single 90-minute session with a minimum of 9 diverse participants: university students, art/music educators, and individuals engaged in informal artistic practices.The methodology is collaborative and focuses on constructing individual and collective narratives, subsequently re-elaborated through unconventional sounds. The workshop aims to strengthen cultural sensitivity via active listening and creativity, promoting principles for effective intercultural communicative competence across music (Carfoot, 2016; Moosmüller, 2020). It adopts the relational view of culture as the basis for co-creation, following the multidimensional analysis framework proposed by Poblete (2022).The workshop will be divided into three parts:1. Personal Narratives (Identity and Origin): Participants form small groups to generate written narratives. They identify concrete elements (daily practices, objects, symbols, territories) defining their identity and origin ("who I am" and "where I come from"). Each narrative is shared orally within the group.2. Collective Narrative (Present Connection): Based on the personal narratives, the group identifies common and differing elements to build a collective narrative. The focus shifts toward "who we are at this present moment," seeking explicit or implicit elements linking participants to their current community (e.g., career students).3. Sound Creation: The collective narrative is reconfigured and re-signified into a collaborative sonic narrative. Conventional and unconventional sounds are used, including voice, sound objects, body sounds, and instruments played non-traditionally. The option to enrich the creation with other artistic expressions (dance, body expression, or visual arts) is open. Finally, these sonic narratives are integrated into a joint creation representing the group's full cultural diversity. The workshop requires an open room suitable for up to 20 people. Participants will be asked to bring sound materials found in their environment or used previously, though this is voluntary. Activities will be audio and video recorded; exclusive written consent from all participants (and legal guardians, if minors) is a mandatory requirement.
Location Name
514A
Full Address
Palais des Congres - Montréal Convention Centre
1001, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montreal QC H2Z 1H2
Canada
Session Type
Workshop
Presenting Author(s)
Carlos Poblete-Lagos